Table 2.
Deaths, incidence density, and hazard ratios according cox regression models.
| Including variable “duration of treatment”a | ||||||
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| Factor | Number of deaths | Incidence density* | HR | 95% CI | P | |
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| Age | ||||||
| 15–34 (n = 143) | 23 | 2.8 | 1 | |||
| 35–44 (n = 56) | 13 | 3.7 | 1.03 | 0.51 | 2.10 | 0.927 |
| 45 and over (n = 106) | 42 | 8.1 | 2.10 | 1.22 | 3.61 | 0.007 |
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| Duration of treatment (completion) | ||||||
| Yes (n = 237) | 37 | 2.6 | 1 | |||
| Not (n = 68) | 41 | 16.0 | 5.74 | 3.59 | 9.18 | <0.001 |
*Expressed in terms of 100 person-years of follow-up.
aThe following variables were not statistically significant: sex (P = 0.234), educational level (P = 0.172), and DOTS treament (P = 0.145).